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Mean, Green and Lean: International Builders Show 2009 Round Up

Pro-Vigil fielded a booth at the 2009 International Builders Show in Las Vegas. This was our third visit, and as usual we came home with new insights into the industry and a reconfirmed enthusiasm for our mission to end jobsite crime. Thanks to all of those who requested free 2009 IBS passes – it was great to see you out in Las Vegas!

From our conversations on the showroom floor we found that the 2009 builder’s show was mean, green and lean…

Mean:
We heard a great deal of concern around the recession’s impact on rising construction site crime rates. The crime rate realities of this recession are keeping us very busy.

Also see: Recession Crime in 2009

Green:
In particular we saw extreme interest in the Scarecrow, which delivers solar powered jobsite crime prevention. In fact, the demand for “green” solutions of all kinds was our biggest takeaway from the show.

Also see: Green Finds From the International Builders’ Show
Green Trend Is Behind Products At Builders’ Show

Lean:
We don’t have official confirmation, but from our experience far fewer people attended IBS 2009. This was our observation from the floor. We heard rumors that the numbers were as low as 45k, which is about half of 2008 attendance. We called on Monday the 26th but official numbers had not yet been released.

Also see: Attendance is down at Vegas builders expo

Thanks to Jason Hawkins, Pro-Vigil director of operations for contributing to this write-up.

We aren’t the only ones writing about the IBS… here is more coverage for anyone who wasn’t able to attend:

More International Builders Show 2009 Coverage
IBS Economic Forecast: Housing Will Continue to Struggle in ‘09
IBS Economic Forecast calls for difficult 2009
IBS 2009 – Is it 2010 (2011, 2012 …) yet?

Green trend behind many products at builders’ show
2009 International Builders’ Show Coverage (Consumer Reports)
International Builders’ Show 2009 Product Preview
Holding on in Las Vegas–Pulte Goes Solar

IBS 2009 (Day 1): Sunday Fun Day
IBS 2009–Day 2: Manic Monday
IBS 2009–Day 3: Touring on Tuesday
Dwell on the 2009 IBS
IBS 2009 – Top products of Day One

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